{"id":4807,"date":"2026-04-21T06:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/apophis\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:29:28","slug":"apophis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/apophis\/","title":{"rendered":"Apophis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4807\" class=\"elementor elementor-4807 elementor-773\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apophis, Demon of the Egyptian Tradition<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Apophis is a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being attributed with harmful or ambivalent influence.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span> of the Egyptian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>.<\/p><p>Primordial serpent and embodiment of chaos, the daily enemy of the sun&#8217;s journey.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Demon: A supernatural being with predominantly harmful or ambivalent influence. 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32917199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32917199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e916cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e916cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a40d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"253a40d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1200c304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1200c304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apophis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11758e7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11758e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Apophis, Egyptian <em>\ua725\ua723pp<\/em>, Greek <em>Apophis<\/em>, is the most powerful threat in the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoch of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BC to 600 AD.\" tabindex=\"0\">ancient<\/span> Egyptian worldview. As the primordial serpent, he opposes Maat, the cosmic order. Every night he threatens the solar journey of Ra through the underworld; every morning he is defeated, but never definitively destroyed.<\/p><p>This makes him an unusual figure: he is less an individual entity than a cosmic counter-principle. His <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration directed at a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> is one of pure <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Warding off evil: of signs and objects intended to keep harmful influences away.\" tabindex=\"0\">apotropaic<\/span> practice; in texts and rites he is named only to be annihilated. The most famous of these rites, the Apophis dismemberment <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span>, is documented in detail in Late Period papyri.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Short Profile: Apophis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type:<\/strong> Primordial serpent, chaos being<br>Origin: Before creation; the unordered itself<br>Texts: Book of Apophis (Apophis Papyrus), Books of the Afterlife, Book of the Dead<br>Period: Old Kingdom to Late Period<br>Distribution: Entire Egyptian cultural sphere<br>Warding off: Apophis dismemberment ritual, incantations, wax figurines<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Context<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Period of the Texts<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The earliest attestations come from the Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom; the Apophis <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The scholarly study of God and religious belief within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theology<\/span> is fully developed in the Books of the Afterlife of the New Kingdom (Amduat, Book of Gates). The most extensive ritual <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmission of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> is found in the so-called Book of Apophis, preserved in Late Period and Ptolemaic papyri.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Area of Distribution<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The concept of a chaos serpent is anchored throughout the entire Egyptian cultural sphere and is not regionally limited. In apotropaic rites, Apophis was cursed as a representative of every form of disorder: cosmic, political, and personal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The central sources are the Book of Apophis (several papyri from the 22nd and 30th Dynasties), the Books of the Afterlife with their serpent beings, and the ritual texts for solar protection. These are supplemented by iconographic evidence in tombs and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A structure that serves the veneration of one or more deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">temples<\/span>, in which Apophis is depicted almost exclusively at the moment of his defeat.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Name<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Egyptian:<\/strong> <em>\ua725\ua723pp<\/em>, pronounced roughly &#8220;apep&#8221;; the determinative is frequently the serpent <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A character of the ancient Egyptian pictorial script.\" tabindex=\"0\">hieroglyph<\/span>.<br>Greek: <em>\u1f0c\u03c0\u03bf\u03c6\u03b9\u03c2<\/em> &#8211; Apophis.<br>Further forms: <em>\ua725pp<\/em>, occasionally in a feminine variant <em>\ua725pp.t<\/em>.<\/p><p>Unlike Ammit or Taweret, Apophis is never venerated as a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span>. His name is expressly &#8220;struck down&#8221;, meaning it is <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to a defined religious sequence of action.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritually<\/span> crossed out or overwritten in order to reinforce his annihilation. The Egyptians understood language and writing as actively effective: to speak the name of chaos meant to <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A verbal formula intended to inflict misfortune on a person or thing.\" tabindex=\"0\">curse<\/span> it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Characteristics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Appearance<\/strong><\/p><p>Apophis is an enormous serpent, often described as immeasurably long, with countless coils. He has no fixed dwelling place but lurks at the boundaries of the ordered world, particularly in the twelfth hour of the night. In visual art he is shown almost exclusively at the moment of his defeat: pierced by spears, dismembered, burned.<\/p><p><strong>Behavior<\/strong><\/p><p>His action is always the same: he attacks the solar barque and attempts to halt the sun&#8217;s journey. He swallows, threatens to engulf, and disturbs the flow of the underworld&#8217;s waters. Night after night. Negotiation is not possible; the only response is annihilation by gods and humans acting together.<\/p><p><strong>Sphere of Influence<\/strong><\/p><p>In the mythic sense: the transition between worlds, the underworld, especially the twelfth hour of the night. In the ritual sense: wherever disorder threatens, in the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A structure serving the veneration of one or more deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">temple<\/span>, at royal <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ritual act by which an object, place or person is handed over to the religious sphere.\" tabindex=\"0\">consecration<\/span>, in illness, at the borders of the land.<\/p><p><strong>Mythological Origin<\/strong><\/p><p>Apophis exists before creation. He did not come into being but is part of the uncreated that accompanies creation. This primordial nature is decisive: the god Ra cannot definitively destroy him, because he is <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Concerning what truly exists; ontological statements make propositions about the nature of being.\">ontologically<\/span> older than order itself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profile: Apophis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The key aspects of Apophis at a glance. Detailed treatment of his name, description, warding-off practices, and parallels can be found in chapters 2, 3, 5, and 6.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apophis' Origin<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A primordial serpent existing before creation, not of divine descent. Embodiment of the cosmic counter-principle: the unordered.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apophis' Targets<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The solar barque of Ra, the cosmic order as a whole, every transition between night and day. In ritual terms: the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A structure serving the veneration of one or more deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">temple<\/span>, the kingship, the community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apophis' Appearance<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An enormous serpent with countless coils. In imagery almost always shown at the moment of defeat: dismembered, pierced, burned.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apophis' Effect<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Attack on the solar journey, disruption of the night, threat to cosmic order. Defeat is possible; total destruction is not.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Warding Off Apophis<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Apophis dismemberment ritual: shaping a wax figurine, cutting it apart, spitting on it, burning it, burying the remains. Names are crossed out; writing is used as a weapon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apophis' Parallels<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tiamat (Mesopotamia), Leviathan (Jewish tradition), Vrtra (Vedic tradition), the dragon in Christian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The study of pictorial content and its meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">iconography<\/span> (Revelation 12); the Midgard Serpent (Germanic tradition).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7533bc7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7533bc7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2447d18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2447d18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Practical Means of Protection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d0260c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d0260c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341be2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341be2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Rituals for Warding Off<\/strong><\/p><p>The Apophis dismemberment ritual is the most prominent example. A wax figurine of the serpent is shaped, inscribed with Apophis&#8217; name, and cursed. It is then cut apart, spat upon, burned, and the remains are buried or thrown into the river. The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A defined, recurring religious act.\" tabindex=\"0\">rite<\/span> was repeated regularly in the temple cult.<\/p><p><strong>Incantations<\/strong><\/p><p>The spells of the Book of Apophis invoke Ra and his companions, name the enemies of the sun, and curse them. The formulae are highly condensed and cite the mythic defeat as a present event; the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural significance.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> makes the annihilation present again and again.<\/p><p><strong><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A worn object to which a protective, misfortune-averting effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">Amulets<\/span> and Protective Symbols<\/strong><\/p><p>Specific Apophis-warding amulets are rare, because the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being attributed with harmful or ambivalent influence.\" tabindex=\"0\">demon<\/span> does not attack the individual person but the cosmic order. Indirect protective effect is provided by Ra and Udjat amulets, which keep the victorious sun present.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apophis: Parallels in Other Cultures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Near East:<\/strong> Tiamat from the Babylonian <em>Enuma Elish<\/em> is the closest structural parallel: a primordial power that precedes order and must be defeated in the act of creation. Leviathan in the Hebrew Bible takes up this <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A recurring thematic element in art or narrative.\" tabindex=\"0\">motif<\/span> and carries it further into Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature.<\/p><p><strong>Indo-European sphere:<\/strong> Vrtra in the Rigveda, the dragon Python defeated by Apollo, the Midgard Serpent in Germanic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>: all embody a primordial force that threatens the ordered world and is overcome by a divine hero.<\/p><p><strong>Christian reception:<\/strong> The dragon of the Book of Revelation directly takes up the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A recurring thematic element in art or narrative.\" tabindex=\"0\">motif<\/span> of the cosmic enemy of chaos and links it to eschatological dissolution. Later depictions of the dragon in saints&#8217; legends and art also follow the Apophis schema structurally.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp493e38c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp493e38c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpaa96ef0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpaa96ef0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Nocturnal Battle: Apophis and the Solar Barque<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp570d07a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp570d07a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp6feacfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp6feacfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The central mythic function of Apophis lies in his nightly threat to the solar journey. According to Egyptian belief, the sun god Re traverses the underworld in his barque during the twelve hours of the night, in order to rise again in the east at dawn.<\/p><p>On this journey, Apophis, the enormous serpent of chaos, lies in wait and attempts to halt or engulf the barque.<\/p><p>This battle is described in detail in the Books of the Underworld of the New Kingdom, especially in the <em>Amduat<\/em> and the <em>Book of Gates<\/em>, which are inscribed on the walls of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings.<\/p><p>Apophis appears there most often in the seventh hour of the night as a colossal serpent.<\/p><p>Re himself does not intervene directly; his companions in the barque defend him. A particular role falls to the god Seth, who uses his strength to confront the serpent and pierce it. Other deities, including some in the form of cats, also appear as subduing powers.<\/p><p>It is important that Apophis is never definitively destroyed. Night after night he is dismembered, burned, and driven back, yet returns every night.<\/p><p>Scholarship interprets this as an expression of a fundamental principle of Egyptian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span>: the world order, <em>maat<\/em>, is not a state achieved once and for all, but must be won anew in an ongoing cycle.<\/p><p>Apophis is thus less an enemy to be vanquished than the abiding counter-principle against which order must prove itself anew each day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp0e4d814 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp0e4d814\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp853fc60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp853fc60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Book of the Overthrow of Apophis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2cc64f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp2cc64f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp50dfc54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp50dfc54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A particularly illuminating source is a collection of ritual texts referred to in Egyptological research as the <em>Book of the Overthrow of Apophis<\/em>.<\/p><p>It is preserved mainly in Late Period papyri, including the Papyrus Bremner-Rhind, though it goes back to older originals. The text contains instructions for a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural significance.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> that was performed regularly in the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A structure serving the veneration of one or more deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">temple<\/span>, primarily at Thebes, to ward off Apophis.<\/p><p>The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural significance.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> was an act of harmful <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Practices that seek to intervene in the course of events through special actions or formulas.\" tabindex=\"0\">magic<\/span> directed against chaos. The priests fashioned images of Apophis, such as wax figurines, papyrus sheets bearing his painted or written name, or drawings of the serpent on a leaf.<\/p><p>These images were spat upon, trampled with the left foot, cut apart with knives, and finally burned in fire. The process was accompanied by spells that cursed Apophis and declared his annihilation.<\/p><p>The logic behind this is that of Egyptian image and name magic: what was done to the image and the name was intended to become reality for the being it represented.<\/p><p>By <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to a defined religious sequence of action.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritually<\/span> annihilating Apophis each day, the priests contributed to maintaining the cosmic order and simultaneously offered <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sign that stands representatively for a concept or meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbolic<\/span> support to the sun god on his nightly journey.<\/p><p>From a religious-studies perspective, the text is an important witness to how closely <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins, and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural significance.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> were intertwined in Egypt: the nocturnal battle in the underworld found its counterpart in the concrete, repeatable temple ritual of the visible world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd7a5c45 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpd7a5c45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp66a38d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp66a38d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Name as Weapon: Taboo and Erasure<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp7eb6849 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp7eb6849\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp31b2485 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp31b2485\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The treatment of Apophis illustrates with particular clarity the Egyptian conception of the power of the name. A name was considered part of the being it designated; to speak or write it could make the designated being present. In the case of Apophis, this idea was exploited in two ways, working in opposite directions.<\/p><p>On one hand, the name was written in order to be subsequently destroyed <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to a defined religious sequence of action.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritually<\/span>. In the apotropaic texts, the name Apophis is often furnished with additions intended to devalue it, for example with signs expressing weakness or death.<\/p><p>On the other hand, manuscripts attest the practice of deliberately damaging the name or the serpent sign used to write it, crossing it out or depicting it as cut through with a knife, so that the written sign itself could not exert any harmful effect.<\/p><p>Connected to this is the observation that Apophis, unlike most other figures of Egyptian religion, had no <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration directed at a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> and no <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A structure serving the veneration of one or more deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">temple<\/span>. He was not a recipient of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An offering to a deity to express gratitude, petition, or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">offerings<\/span> but exclusively the object of warding-off and annihilation. The aim was not reconciliation but erasure.<\/p><p>Scholarship sees in this consistent negativity a special case. While other dangerous powers of Egyptian religion, such as Seth or Sekhmet, were ambivalent and possessed useful aspects as well, Apophis remained the pure counter-image of order.<\/p><p>He embodied what existed before creation and what threatens it afterward: the undifferentiated, life-hostile chaos. Those seeking more on the Egyptian conception of order will find further references in the entry on <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/maat-goddess-of-cosmic-order\/\">Maat<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Further Links<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6538df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6538df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recommended internal links for this page:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a> (parent culture page)<\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/ammit\/\">Ammit<\/a> (counterpart in the judgment of the dead)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/mesopotamia\/\">Mesopotamia<\/a> (parallel: Tiamat)<\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/leviathan\/\">Leviathan<\/a> and the dragon (Jewish and Christian reception)<\/li><li>Chaos and Maat (mythological context)<\/li><li>Books of the Afterlife of the New Kingdom<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources and Literature<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\"><p>A concise selection of central works on Apophis and the Egyptian relationship between chaos and order:<\/p><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>Borghouts, J. F.: <em>The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Practices that seek to intervene in the course of events through special actions or formulas.\" tabindex=\"0\">Magical<\/span> Texts of Papyrus Leiden I 348<\/em>. Leiden 1971.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Morenz, Siegfried: <em>\u00c4gyptische Religion<\/em>. Stuttgart 1960 (classic, reprinted multiple times).<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Hornung, Erik: <em>Die Unterweltsb\u00fccher der \u00c4gypter<\/em>. Z\u00fcrich 1972 ff.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Borghouts, J. F.: &#8220;The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Widespread notion that an envious gaze from another person can cause harm.\" tabindex=\"0\">Evil Eye<\/span> of Apopis.&#8221; In: <em>Journal of Egyptian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies past cultures on the basis of material finds.\" tabindex=\"0\">Archaeology<\/span><\/em> 59 (1973), pp. 114, 150.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div data-nosnippet=\"true\" class=\"iwg-litliste\"><p><strong>Standard literature (Egypt):<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><span data-nosnippet><strong>Assmann, Jan<\/strong>: <em>\u00c4gyptische Religion. <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The scholarly study of God and religious belief within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">Theology<\/span> and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The lived religious attitude and practice of a person.\" tabindex=\"0\">Piety<\/span> of an Early High Culture. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1984.<\/em><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/footer>\n<p class=\"iwg-bib-more\"><span data-nosnippet>Further standard works in the <a href=\"\/en\/literature\/\">literature index<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgca-apophis-sec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgca-apophis-sec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"iwg-ca-apophis\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgca-apophis-te iwg-ca-textwrap elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgca-apophis-te\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-nosnippet=\"true\"><p class=\"iwg-ca-bridge\">The protective practices described here represent a religious-studies classification of historical traditions. iWell Guard connects with this cultural-historical lineage of wearable protective objects and offers a contemporary form of it. <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/about-iwell-guard-the-protective-pendant-in-detail\/?utm_source=iwell-guard.com&#038;utm_medium=text-link&#038;utm_campaign=schadwesen-tradition\">More about the iWell Guard &#x2192;<\/a><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14e21f2 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"14e21f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-038f3fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"038f3fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Frequently Asked Questions about Apophis<\/h2><div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>Who was Apophis in Egyptian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>?<\/h3><p>Apophis (Egyptian Apep) was, in ancient Egyptian belief, the embodiment of chaos: an enormous serpent that attempted each day to devour the sun god Re on his nightly journey through the underworld.<\/p><p>Every sunrise was a victory of order (Maat) over chaos. Apophis texts (the Books of Apophis) were read aloud <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to a defined religious sequence of action.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritually<\/span> in the Karnak <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A structure serving the veneration of one or more deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">temple<\/span> to combat the serpent by magical means.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>How was Apophis <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to a defined religious sequence of action.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritually<\/span> combated?<\/h3><p>The Book of Apophis (Papyrus Bremner-Rhind, c. 4th century BCE) preserves an elaborate anti-Apophis <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural significance.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span>: a wax figurine of the serpent was inscribed with the name of Apophis, pierced with a knife, spat upon, trampled underfoot, and finally burned.<\/p><p>Such destructive <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Practices that seek to intervene in the course of events through special actions or formulae.\" tabindex=\"0\">magic<\/span> rites were unusual in Egypt; they show how seriously the cosmic threat posed by Apophis was taken.<\/p><\/div><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Who was Apophis in Egyptian mythology?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Apophis (Egyptian Apep) was, in ancient Egyptian belief, the embodiment of chaos: an enormous serpent that attempted each day to devour the sun god Re on his nightly journey through the underworld. 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